The Netherlands Institute for Animation Film
The Netherlands unique institute of art promotes Dutch animated filmmaking on many levels. Erik van Drunen & Mette Peters report.
Category: AWN Profiles
Multimedia Down Under
Mark Morrison gives us the lowdown on the Australian multimedia world. Despite government support and eager talent, distance and distribution remain two challenges.
Welcome To The Neverhood
Doug TenNapel and Mike Dietz take us on a full tour of The Neverhood, a cutting-edge studio which uses claymation to create interactive games.
Russia: Gaming for Everybody
Natalya Loukinykh gives us an inside look at the potential of Russia's digital future.
Cartoons and Video Games: Let's Do Business
MIPCOM consultant Frederique Doumic answers her most frequently asked questions regarding the merging of the gaming and animation industries.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment: A Very Lucky Accident Indeed
When one thinks of animated videos, one thinks of Disney. Ilene Hoffman takes us inside to meet the key players behind the phenomenon that has influenced the entire industry.
ASIFA-Hollywood as a Resource
David Crane describes what the Los Angeles chapter of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has to offer animation enthusiasts.
Animation At The Museum Of The Moving Image
Yvette Burrows describes the Museum's collection and many of the intriguing animation events and training courses being held at London's world-famous MOMI.
The Animated Strategy: Building A Strategic Plan For Your Products
Marketing consultant Jennifer Deare details the steps to building a strategic marketing plan for an animated project's success.
Cartoon Network's Dive-In Theater: A Floating Cinema
Cartoon Network explains why they chose to promote their new World Premier Toons in pools around the U.S.
Europe Strikes Back
What is CARTOON and just what are they doing in Arles? Heikki Jokinen answers all of our questions as he outlines the European Union's MEDIA program, CARTOON, the European Association of Animated Film.
Animation Studio Stores: The Sophisticated Retail Outlet
Why all the studio stores? Control, control, control. Teresa Klein investigates the many profitable facets of studio stores.
Merchandising in Japan: It's Big Rewards and Competition
Karen Raugust takes us to Japan where animated merchandise can produce huge profits in a very competitive marketplace.
Merchandising To Kids - It Ain't Childs Play!
Dave Siegel gives us his inside view on the kids of today, what they want and the influence that they wield.
Springfield, Nevada
AWM visited Henderson, Nevada, to see first-hand the home of The Simpsons. View our Quicktime movies for a full tour of the house and coverage of an entire day of Fox festivities.
Animation in the NFTVA
This month we are defining the collection at The National Film & Television Archive in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1936, the NFTVA has an expansive collection of British animation available for investigation.
Mushrooms After the Rain: France's Children's Channels
As a crop of new children's channels springs up in France, Marie-Agn&eagrave;s Bruneau depicts the new players, in both the satellite and cable arenas, during these tumultuous times. A fierce competition is about to begin...
What's On? TV Schedules From Around the World
Wondering what animated shows are being watched in Brazil? Germany? And More? This compilation will take you on a mini-tour around the world. Who knows, maybe they are watching what you are.
The Cost of Eyeballs: Advertising Dollars & TV
Buzz Potamkin takes a long look at the relationship between on-air advertising and television animation. As ratings become diluted across the channels, where does the future lie?
CTW and MTV: Shorts of Influence
The impact that CTW and MTV has had on one another, the industry and beyond is the subject of Chris Robinson's in-depth investigation.
Tooning in the Fall Season
A new splash of fresh programming is soon to hit the airwaves. In this pivotal year of FCC rulings and vertical integration, let's see what has been produced.
The Korean Animation Explosion
Milt Vallas reports on Korea's growth from humble beginnings to big business. This Asian dynamo is striving to be taken seriously by the international animation community.
SIGGRAPH: Past and Present
Super hip SIGGRAPH was founded in the world of academia and military tests far before visual effects were even considered. Joan Collins traces the growth of computer animation through the organization's conferences.
CGI: A Rich Country's Toy
Computer animation is prevalent in the U.S., U.K., Canada, France and Japan, but what about the rest of the globe? Olivier Cotte investigates...
Animation and Visualization of Space Mission Data
We have all been glued to our television screens, amazed by the images of Mars that are being beamed thousands of miles through space. How do they do that? William B. Green and Eric M. DeJong from the California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory explain.
